Ebola Zaire

From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).

Ebola Zaire (uncountable)

1. a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate

• EBOV
• ZEBOV
• Zaire ebolavirus
• Zairevirus, zairevirus, Zaire virus

• Ebola virus, Ebolavirus, ebolavirus
• Ebola, ebola
• filovirus, Filovirus
• Filoviridae

• Ebola Reston
• Ebola fever, ebola fever
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever, ebola hemorrhagic fever
• Ebola virus disease, ebola virus disease (EVD)

• Restonvirus, Reston ebolavirus, Reston virus, RESTV, REBOV
• Marburgvirus, marburgvirus, Marburg virus